Question for Law students or lawyers?

Question

In a court of law , after the judge makes the final statement or verdict. What happens to the defendant if does not respect the judge's verdict. (ie) I sued my friend because he didn't pay me back $4,000 , so the judge ruled on my favor and supposely he had to pay that money back in the next 10 days. Three months went by and I'm still waiting for my money. May I take my money back from his next paycheck or something like that..??? I'll appreciate any info
Thanks.

Answer 1

You have to enforce the judgment. Since we don't know what state you're in, it's hard to give you more particular advice, but I'm including a link below that explains how it works in Ilinois because they have excellent legal aid publications there. Many other states are similar. After you read the article below, then pick out some key terms like enforce judgment or citation discover assets and key them into Google.com along with the name of your state. That should lead you to particular information on the procedures that you must follow in your location. Good luck to you in your efforts!

Answer 2

If a judge ordered payment in a certain length of time, and it was not done, then the person not paying is in contempt of court. You can report them to the courts, and they can issue a warrant for their arrest, but I don't think they will do any garnishing of wages for a personal debt.

Call your clerk of courts to find out how to procede.

Answer 3

If you get a judgment from the court against him you can go after his pay check or if he has a house you can put a lean against his home. then if he sales the home he must pay you first before he gets anything. Putting a lean on his house is the easiest to do.

Answer 4

Ok, you win a civil case, they don't have to just pay you back, now you have to go back to court and try to attack thier bank accounts, get a garnishment on thier wages or more.